"Alexander Litvinov" [off-list ref] writes:
I have a trouble I don't know how to solve. When I am cloning remote
repo I automatically get all it's branches stored at my repo (they are
listed at .git/remotes/origin). When someone adds new branch(es) to
remote repo git pull (git fetch) does not automatically add them to my
repo. I have a tool to list all remote branches (git ls-remote --heads
origin) but I can't find how to add interesting (or all) branches to
by repo.
After finding out $that_new_branch's name, add either
Pull: refs/heads/$that_new_branch:refs/heads/$that_new_branch
or if you are in "separate remote" school, then perhaps
Pull: refs/heads/$that_new_branch:refs/remotes/origin/$that_new_branch
to .git/remotes/origin and running git fetch would give you what
you want, I think.
By the way, how can I clone remote repo created by cloning another
repo using git clone --use-separate-remotes ? Even git ls-remote
--heads origin does not show all branches taken from that another
repo.
Well, the point of "separate remote" is not to pollute local
heads/ namespace with refs that merely track remote repository,
so if you say "ls-remote --heads" you would not see them. They
are not "heads" in that repository.
You would still see them if you say "ls-remote" without --heads.